Hilde
E.
Patron
Boenheim
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
The University of West Georgia
Business Building 1311
Phone: (678)-839-5036
Email: hpatron@westga.edu
EDUCATION
PhD, Michigan State University, 2001.
Emphasis/major: Economics
MA, Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia), 1995.
Emphasis/major: Economics
BA, Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia), 1993.
Emphasis/major: Economics
WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic
Associate Professor, University of West Georgia. (August 1, 2010 -
Present).
Assistant Professor, University of West Georgia. (August 6, 2007 –
June
30, 2010).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University. (September 1, 2006 -
August 30, 2007).
Assistant Professor and Burton Risinger Endowed Professor, Louisiana
Tech University. (June 1, 2006 - May 31, 2007).
Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University. (September 1, 2002 -
May 31, 2006).
Visiting Faculty, Emory University. (September 1, 2000 - August 30,
2002).
Professional
Junior Researcher, Central Bank of Colombia (Banco de la Republica).
(1994 - 1996).
Research Assistant, Foundation for Advanced Education and
Development
(FEDESARROLLO), Bogota, Colombia. (August 1992 - December 1992).
Teaching Experience (Courses
Taught)
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Business Statistics
Money and Banking
Managerial Economics
International Economics
Graduate Microeconomics
Consulting
Economic Impact of New Nuclear Power Plant at Plant Vogtle, Georgia
Power, Atlanta, GA. (October 2010 – August 2011).
Loyalty Cash Program Impact on Car Dealerships' Revenue and Profits,
Summit Resources, Alpharetta, GA. (September 1, 2010 - November 1,
2010).
Economic Impact, Seymour Construction and Development, Coweta
County. (February 1, 2010 - May 1, 2010).
RESEARCH
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Lopez, S., Patron, H. (2012). Multiple Intelligences in Online,
Hybrid, and Traditional Business Statistics Courses. Journal of
Educators Online, 9(2).
Boldt, D., Patron H., Smith, W.J. (2011). Payment Methods and
Practices
Among
College Students: A Classroom Discussion Tool. Journal for
Economic Educators, 11 (2), 25-33.
Gomez, L., Patron, H., Smith, W. J. (2011). A Microsoft Excel®
Template for
Bank Run Experiments. Mountain Plains Journal of Economics and
Finance.
Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics. Pedagogy, 12,
95-115.
Lopez, S., Patron, H. (2011). Student Effort, Consistency and Online
Performance. Journal of Educators Online, 8(2), 1-11.
Patron, H., Smith, W. J. (2011). Implications of fail-forward in an
online environment under alternative grading schemes.
Journal of Educators Online, 8(1), 1-13
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2011). Age, Gender, and Unemployment in
Australia A Labor Queue Analysis of Employer Preferences.
Southwestern
Economic Review. Spring 2011.
Patron, H., Lopez, S. (2010). Teaching Basic Regression Analysis at
the
Undergraduate Level: A Method to Assess Understanding. Global
Education
Journal, 2010(1).
Patron, H. (2010). On the advice of real estate agents: an empirical
study. Journal of Business, Industry and Economics, 14, 43-47.
Patron, H., Smith, W. J., Boldt, D. (2009). Demonstrating the
Central
Limit Theorem in the Classroom. Journal for Economic Educators,
9(1),
1-15.
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2009). A Labor Queue Analysis of Worker
Age,
Gender and Labor Force Status. The Empirical Economics Letters,
8(5),
415-422.
Patron, H., Smith, W. J. (2009). Improving student performance in
business statistics courses with online assessments. Journal of
Economics and Finance Education, 8(2), 39-49.
Patron, H., Bisping, T. (2008). Why students misbehave in class: an
empirical analysis of classroom incivilities. Mountain Plains
Journal
of Business and Economics, 9(2), 60-73.
Patron, H., Roskelley, K. (2008). Information manipulation and entry
deterrence. The Journal of Economics, XXXIV(1).
Patron, H., Roskelley, K. (2008). The effect of reputation, and
competition on the advice of real estate agents. The Journal of Real
Estate Finance and Economics, 37(4), 387-399.
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2008). Personality type as a determinant of
student success in introductory general business courses. Academy of
Educational Leadership Journal, 12(1), 35-50.
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2008). Residential investment and business
cycles in an open economy: a generalized impulse response approach.
The
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 37(1), 33-49.
Bisping. T., Patron, H., Roskelley, K. (2008). Modeling academic
dishonesty: the role of student perception and misconduct type.
Journal
of Economic Education, 39(1/Winter 2008), 4-21.
Patron, H. (2007). The value of information about central bankers’
preferences. International Review of Economics and Finance, 16(1),
139-148.
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2006). The relationship between attendance
and
student performance in an introduction to business course. Journal
of
the Academy Business Education(Spring), 28-32.
Patron, H. (2005). Optimal inflation targets and the informativeness
of
the inflation rate. Journal of Economic Research, 10(Fall), 49-71.
Patron, H., Roskelley, K. (2005). The Ability of bivariate mixture
models to explain volume, volatility and conditional
heteroskedasticity
in emerging market stock returns. Journal of Current Research in
Global
Business, 7(11), 64-72.
Patron, H. (2005). The value of information about childcare quality.
Southwestern Economic Review, 32(1/Spring), 25-33.
Patron, H. (2005). Temporary acceleration of inflation: What can a
central bank learn from it?. Southern Economic Journal, 71(4),
737-751.
Bisping, T., Patron, H. (2005). Output shocks and unemployment: new
evidence on regional disparities. International Journal of Applied
Economics, 2(1), 79-89.
Patron, H. (2004). Academic risk aversion: an experiment to
introduce
business students to the concepts of risk and uncertainty. Journal
of
Business Administration Online, 3(2).
Book Chapters
Carrasquilla, A., Galindo, A., Patron, H. (1999). Devaluación
Nominal, Tasa de Cambio Real e Inflación: Un Enfoque
Estructural
( Nominal Devaluation, the Real Exchange Rate and Inflation: a
Structural Approach). in A. Carrasquilla, "Estabilidad y
Gradualismo.
Ensayos Sobre Economía Colombiana". Bogota, Colombia/ TM
Editors.
Carrasquilla, A., Galindo, A., Patron, H. (1999). Endeudamiento e
Inflación de Activos en Colombia ( Debt and Asset Price
Inflation in Colombia). in A. Carrasquilla, "Estabilidad y
Gradualismo.
Ensayos Sobre Economía Colombiana". Bogota, Colombia/ TM
Editors.
Carrasquilla, A., Galindo, A., Patron, H. (1999). Sobre los Costos
en
Bienestar de la Inflación ( On the Welfare Costs of
Inflation).
in A. Carrasquilla, "Estabilidad y Gradualismo. Ensayos Sobre
Economía Colombiana". Bogota, Colombia/ TM Editors.
Conference Proceedings
Carrasquilla, A., Galindo, A., Patron, H. (1995). Devaluación
Nominal, Tasa de Cambio Real e Inflación: Un Enfoque
Estructural
( Nominal Devaluation, the Real Exchange Rate and Inflation: a
Structural Approach). Mercado de Capitales – XIV Simposium.
Carrasquilla, A., Galindo, A., Patron, H. (1995). Endeudamiento e
Inflación de Activos en Colombia ( Debt and Asset Price
Inflation in Colombia). Mercado de Capitales – XIV Simposium.
Papers Presented
Payments Methods Survey, AEF, Jacksonville, FL. (February 10, 2011).
Implications of Fail-Forward in an Online Environment under
Alternative
Grading Schemes, Academy of Economics and Finance, Houston, TX.
(February 11, 2010).
Improving Student Performance in Business Statistics Using Online
Assessments, Pensacola, FL. (February 12, 2009).
On the advice of real estate agents: an empirical study, Academy of
Economics and Finance, Nashville. (February 2008).
Using Excel and VBA for Teaching Statistical Concepts in Business
Statistics, Academy of Economics and Finance, Nashville, TN.
(February
15, 2008).
The role of economics on a liberal arts education, Oxford College of
Emory University, Oxford, GA. (February 2007).
Modeling academic dishonesty: the role of student perception and
misconduct type, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA.
(January
2007).
Modeling academic dishonesty: the role of student perception and
misconduct type, North Georgia College and State University,
Dahlonega,
GA. (January 2006).
The effect of reputation, and competition on the advice of real
estate
agents, INFORMS, San Francisco, CA. (November 2005).
An index of central bank transparency, Canadian Economic
Association,
Toronto, Canada. (June 2004).
Central banker's contracts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. (2002).
Hyperinflations: What can a government learn from them? Drake
University, University of Southern Indiana, Louisiana Tech
University,
Butler University, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Birmingham
Southern College, California State University at Los Angeles, Emory
University. (2001).
Uncertainty, learning, and seignorage maximizing governments, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA. (2001).
Uncertainty and learning by seignorage maximizing governments,
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis-St Paul, Minneapolis-St Paul,
MN. (October 2000).
Information manipulation by Stackelberg duopolies, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI. (1999).
Information manipulation and entry deterrence: limit pricing through
learning, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (October 1999).
Hyperinflations: What can a government learn from them?, Michigan
State
University, East Lansing, MI. (1998).
Editorial Activities
Reviewer, Journal of Educators Online. (January 2011 -
Present).
Invited Reviewer, Money, Banking, and Financial Markets Online
Homework
System by Lawrence Ball.
Invited Reviewer, Mankiw's Macroeconomics 7th Edition.
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Journal of Economics and Finance
Education.
Invited Reviewer, Surveys, Prentice Hall, Trends in business
statistics
courses.
Invited Reviewer, Books, Money, the Financial System, and the
Economy,
6th Edition, by R. Glenn Hubbard and Tony O’Brien.
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Real Estate Economics.
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Mountain Plains Journal of Business and
Economics.
Invited Reviewer, Books, Money, Banking & Financial Markets by
Stephen Cecchetti.
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Journal of the Academy of Business
Education.
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Southwestern Economic Journal.
Invited Reviewer, Books, Macroeconomics by F. Larrain and J. Sachs.
(2002).
Invited Reviewer, Papers, Annals of Operations Research. (2001).
Projects Underway
Georgia Virtual School
Online testing in a Money and Banking Course
Solow Xcelsius: a classroom demonstration of the Solow Growth model
using Crystal Xcelsius ®
Student performance in introductory statistical courses: the effect
of
multiple instructors.
Sustainable Technology Adoption: A Prisoner’s Dilemma.
The Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policies on Economic Outcomes: A
Classroom Activity that Uses Mankiw’s Presidential Game.
SERVICE
The University of West Georgia
Learning Resources Committee. (August 2008 - August 2010).
Workshop Co-Presenter, Wow then with Wimba with Christy Talley,
Distance Learning. (February 29, 2008).
Presenter, Graduate School Luncheon, “Why students misbehave in
class?”
(September 2007).
The University of West Georgia,
Richards College of Business
Member, Undergraduate Programs Committee. (2009 - Present).
The University of West Georgia, Department of Economics
Program Organizer, International Economics and Finance Study Abroad
Program. (June 2008 - Present).
Committee Member, Merit Evaluation Committee. (August 13, 2008 -
August
2011).
Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee. (August 13, 2008 - August 12,
2009).
Committee Member, Curriculum/Recruiting Majors Committee. (August
2007
- July 1, 2008).
Faculty Advisor, Tania Celis for RCOB Big Night and 23rd Annual
Conference of Undergraduate Research. (2008 - 2009).
Recruiting Activities during Preview Day. (April 2008-2011)
Visits with the London-Study Abroad Program of the departments of
Economics and Finance.
Emory University
Committee Chair, Department of Economics, Honors Thesis Chair (1).
(August 2006 - May 2007).
Committee Member, Department of Economics, Directed Readings (4).
(August 2001 - May 2007).
Committee Member, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Honors
Thesis
Member (1). (2002).
Committee Member, Department of Economics, Honors Thesis Member (2).
(2001 - 2002).
Louisiana Tech University
Committee Member, International Education Committee. (2004 - 2006).
Committee Member, College of Administration and Business, Department
of
Economics and Finance, Department Head Search Committee. (2005).
Committee Member, Final Examinations Policy University Committee.
(2005).
Committee Member, Diversity Requirement Committee. (2003 - 2004).
Committee Member, College of Administration and Business, Department
of
Economics, Undergraduate Assessment Committee. (2005 - 2006).
Committee Member, College of Administration and Business, Strategic
Planning Committee. (2005 - 2006).
Committee Member, College of Administration and Business,
Scholarship
Committee. (2002 - 2006).
Professional Conference
Discussant, Association of Economics and Finance. (2008, 2011).
Committee Chair, INFORMS Workbook and Website. (November 2005).
Session Chair, Midwest Economic Theory Meetings. (1998).
Honors and Awards
Research Scholars Grant, Richards College of Business, University of
West
Georgia. (August 2011).
Research Award, Richards College of Business, University of West
Georgia. (August 2011).
Service Award, Richards College of Business, University of West
Georgia. (August 2010).
Student Research Award, Richards College of Business, University of
West Georgia. (August 2009).
Teaching Award, Richards College of Business, University of West
Georgia. (August 2009).
Research Award, Richards College of Business, University of West
Georgia. (August 2008).
Teaching Consultation Pairs Grant, Emory University’s The Center for
Teaching and Curriculum. (September 2007).
Grant, The Center for Real Estate Studies at Louisiana Tech
University
and the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. (July 2005).
Grant, The Center for Real Estate Studies at Louisiana Tech
University
and the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. (December 2004).
Grant, The Louisiana Tech University Center for Economic Education.
(June 2004).
Honors Faculty, 2003-2006, Louisiana Tech University. (September 1,
2003).
PhD Study Abroad Fellowship, Central Bank of Colombia. (August 1,
1996).